Based on Friday box office reports, Variety confirms that Wonder Woman has now officially passed the $609.8 million record for a live-action film from a female director, a record previously held by Phyllida Lloyd with Mamma Mia! Making the feat even more impressive is that this record has been set in just three weeks after the film’s release.
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Patty Jenkins directed Wonder Woman, which has become a pivotal film in the world of not just superhero movies, but in the world filmmaking in general. The director’s last film, Monster, earned lead actress Charlize Theron an Academy Award, but Jenkins still had to wait 14 years to direct her next film. Even more surprising, given the film’s success, is that Jenkins was only hired when the film’s original director, Michelle MacLaren, left the project.
The DC Extended Universe has had fans worried, as reviews have gotten worse with each installment, beginning with Man of Steel in 2013, which sits at 55% on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, and dropped to 25% with last summer’s Suicide Squad. The box office returns on the films have all been phenomenal, but Wonder Woman is on track to be the franchise’s most successful film, as well as the most well-received, sitting at 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Wonder Woman‘s success not only bodes well for the franchise, but for female-fronted comic book films, as many fans have been clamoring to see a film based on Marvel’s Black Widow character for years, as well as for female directors in the genre, which has notoriously been a boys’ club.
More Wonder Woman news:
- Wonder Woman’s Role In Justice League Hasn’t Changed
- The DCEU Has “Lots Of Plans” For Its Female Characters
- Geoff Johns Co-Writing Wonder Woman 2 Treatment With Patty Jenkins
- WB Chief Reveals When Wonder Woman II Will Take Place
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, Princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.
Wonder Woman is directed by Patty Jenkins and is written by Allan Heinberg, Geoff Johns, and Zack Snyder. The film stars Gal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman), Chris Pine (Steve Trevor), Robin Wright (General Antiope), Connie Nielsen (Queen Hippolyta), David Thewlis, Elena Anaya, Lucy Davis (Etta Candy), Danny Huston, Ewen Bremmer, Doutzen Kroes, Samantha Jo (Euboea), Florence Kasumba (Senator Acantha), Said Taghmaoui, Eleanor Matsuura (Epione), Emily Carey (Young Diana), and Lisa Loven Kongsli (Menalippe).
MORE WONDER WOMAN: Marvel Studios President Praises Wonder Woman’s Female Representation / How Wonder Woman Fixes Many DC Movie Problems / Doctor Poison Actress Reveals Her Villainous Inspiration
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